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The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis

'If you are curious about what the financial Götterdämmerung might look like you've certainly come to the right place' Forbes 
 
Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards reveals how the global elite are darkly concealing a coming catastrophe from investors, whilst protecting themselves from the fallout. 
 
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If you want to plan for the risks ahead, you will need Rickards's cutting-edge synthesis of behavioural economics, history, and complexity theory. It's a guidebook to thinking smarter, acting faster and living with the comfort­ing knowledge that your wealth is secure.

James Rickards is The New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Money and The Road to Ruin. He is the editor of the newsletter Strategic Intelligence and a member of the advisory board of the Physical Gold Fund. He advises the Department of Defence and the US intelligence community. He served as a facilitator of the first ever financial war games conducted by the Pentagon.

The global economy has made what seems like an incredible comeback after the financial crisis of 2008. Yet this comeback is artificial. Central banks have propped up markets by keeping interest rates low and the supply of money free-flowing. They won't bail us out again next time. And there will be a next time - soon. 
 
In The Road to Ruin, bestselling author James Rickards identifies how governments around the world are secretly preparing an alternative strategy for the next big crisis: a lockdown. Instead of printing money to reliquify markets and prop up assets, governments are preparing to close banks, shut down exchanges and order powerful asset managers not to sell. They're putting provisions in place that will allow them to do so legally. What's more, the global elite has already started making their own preparations, including hoarding cash and hard assets. 
 
When the next one comes, it will be the average investor who suffers most - unless he or she heeds Rickards' warning and prepares accordingly.

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